Unit 5 Creative Minds
Part I-A
Gasoline automobile, German, engineer, 1885
Barometer, Italian, physicist & mathematician, 1643
Polaroid camera, America, inventor & industrialist, 1947
Pendulum clock, Dutch, mathematician & physicist
Diel engine, German, engineer, 1892
Dynamite, Swedish, chemist, 1866
Kaleidoscope, British, physicist & natural philosopher, 1817
Piano, Italian, harpsichord maker, 1709
Sewing machine, American, inventor, 1846
Typewriter, American, inventor, 1867
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1. The gasoline automobile was invented by Gottlieb Daimler, the German engineer, in 1885 His construction of the first high-speed internal-combustion engine led to the development of the automobile industry.
2. The barometer, the instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, was invented by Evangelista Torricelli, the Italian physicist and mathematician, in 1643.
3. The polarod camera, which takes and prints photos in one step, was invented in 1947 by the American inventor and industrialist Edwin Herbert Land.
绿色环保图片4. The pendulum clock was invented by the Dutch mathematician and physicist Christiaan Huygens in 1657.
5. The diel engine, which is heavier and more powerful than the gasoline engine and w
hich burns fuel of oil instead of gasoline, was named after its inventor Rudolph Diel, the German engineer in 1892.
6. Dynamite, the improved explosives with great safety, was invented in 1866 by the Swedish chemist Alfred Bernhard Nobel. He established a fund to provide annual awards called Nobel Prizes, in the sciences, literature, and the promotion of international peace.
7. He kaleidoscope was invented in 1817 by Sir David Brewster, the Scottish physicist and natural philosoper.
8. The piano, a key-board musical instrument, was invented in 1709 by the Italian harpsichord maker, Bartolomeo Cristofori.
9. The wing machine, which greatly revolutionized clothes-making, was invented by Elias Howe, an American inventor in 1846.
10. The typewriter, its first practical commercial model, was invented in 1867 by the American inventor Christopher Sholes and was manufactured by the American gunsmith
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Part I – B
彖传1- a 2- d 3- e 4- i 5- f
6-j 7-g 8-b
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政府依法执政1. People in England made the first computer. It was built in 1943. It was made to help England understand cret messages during World War II.
2. Someone in Australia invented the fax machine. After the fax machine was invented, it first became popular in East Asia.
3. Folding fans came from Japan. They were invented in Japan almost 800 years ago.
4. 红叉叉The first car came from Germany. It was invented by Karl Benz in 1885. Benz is still famous. His name is on the Mercedes-Benz car.
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5. A man in Canada invented the chocolate bar. He lived in Nova Scotia- in the eastern part of Canada. He invented the chocolate bar in 1800s.
6. The first really accurate calendar was invented in Mexico. This calendar was made about 1,500 years ago. That's when people learned that the year was 365 days long.
7. The first mechanical clock was invented in China. It was invented in the year 725-over1,250 years ago.
8. People think Africans created the first puppets. Actually, no one is sure, but puppets were probably created to help tell stories.
Part I – C
paper clips -1901
post-its -1980
celluar phone -1973
automatic washing machines -1930s
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disposable diapers -1961雪冥星渺
zippers -1913
Band-Aids -1921
soft contact lens -1961
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1. The design of paper clips is perfect. There's been little improvement since Norwegian Johan Vaaler got his American patent in 1901. Only about 20% are actually ud to clip papers.
2. Post-it is one of the top five best-lling office suppliers. To make Post-its, introduced in 1980, 3M had to develop the adhesive, primer, back-side coating and new manufacturing equipment.
3. The first cellular phone was developed in 1973 by Martin Cooper at Motorola, and a test of 1,000 such phones followed in Chicago. The Federal Communication Commission authorized cellular rvice in 1982, and we haven't shut up since. More than a third of all houholds in the U.S subscribe.
